Northern Illinois University Horn Studio
Northern Illinois University
Horn Studio
Join the NIU Horn Studio and Study with Professor Renée Vogen!
You’ll receive individualized instruction based on your unique goals in weekly lessons and regular studio classes and will join a supportive and collaborative studio environment.
Our curriculum focuses on a wide range of topics including calisthenics to provide a solid foundation of horn playing, the diversification of the horn repertoire, practical training for the aspiring orchestral musician, music educator and more.
Why NIU?
- Personalized instruction, major university resources.
- Weekly lessons with world-renowned NIU faculty.
- Numerous performance opportunities including large ensembles, chamber music and our world music program.
- No out-of-state tuition.
- Undergraduate student scholarships and graduate funding available.
Guest Artists
- 2024 Melanie Cottle
- 2023 Rachel Hockenberry, Assistant Professor of Horn, Illinois State University
- 2023 Kelsey Williams, Acting Fourth Horn, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
- 2023 Robert Danforth, Principal Horn, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
- 2023 USAF Band of Mid-America's Midwest Winds
- 2022 David Cooper, Principal Horn, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- 2022 Rose MacKenzie, Senior Airman, USAF Band of the West
- 2022 Shanyse Strickland, New Jersey based freelance horn player, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, composer and arranger
- 2022 Staff Sergeant Claire Ross, Horn Player, “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band
- 2022 Greg Flint, Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Sante Fe Opera, Professor at UW-Milwaukee
- 2022 Joshua Blumenthal, Horn, U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America
- 2021 Alison Dresser, Third Horn, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra